# recusant

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɛkjʊzənt/

## Definitions
1. Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a Protestant dissident or a Roman Catholic.
2. Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin recūsans, recūsāntis, from recūsō (“I refuse, decline; I object to; I protest”). See recuse.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/recusant